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My duck has only just started setting on her eggs. She has a nest hidden in their pen, at night I shut the ducks in with the chickens. My question is, she sat on the nest all day yesterday, but was off the nest when I went out to put the rest in. She went in with them. It was a cold night 36...

Got these ducklings on clearance at Tractor Supply Sept 9. they were free since I had ten dollars in rewards and they were 99 cents. They are about 8 weeks old now,. I just took all 10 that they had left. Ended up getting several Pekings, two Indian Runners and three I am not sure about what...

These ducklings are 8 and1/2 weeks old. The markings look as though 3 are male. The drake that fathered them is a pure bred Pekin, the mother a Khaki campbell. I thought from the coloring 3 were male, but they are all making quacking noises like a female. Is there any chance that the...

Wondering if there is any way to reduce how much feed duck waste? They drop so much on the ground. I have their feed in a duck feeder up on a stool to try to reduce waste, but I feel they are wasting a huge amount of feed.

I have added Rooster Booster to their water and nutritional yeast to their feed.

Durvet is listed as an injectable, would you use it as an oral supplement? I have injectable Vit b1000 supplement I have used for other animals, but it is expired so it might have lost some of its potency. It has been kept in the refrigerator.

I bought 10 Peking ducklings today from Tractor Supply they were only feeding chick starter. They don't stand for long, I feel like they need something to give them a boost. I have given them nutritional yeast along with Manna Pro duckling starter, is there something else I can or should...

I will be getting my Pekin ducklings next week. I have everything set up for them. I was wondering if I am feeding Pro Manna Duckling and Gosling starter with 35 mg/lb of Niacin if that is adequate or do I still need to supplement with nutritional yeast? I read 1 Tbs per cup of feed. Thanks...

There are videos on you tube of people using a pair of pliers and just twisting them off. Chickens don't show when they are in pain. It has to hurt them

The vet told me removing spurs that way is the same as removing a finger or toe

About 3 inches. I will look again when I get home

My rooster has been acting off. Yesterday evening I finally got hands on him . Both of his knee joints are wounded and infected looking. He has lost a lot of muscle. It looks to me like it is where he scraped himself with his own spurs. They are very long. Couldn't do anything for him but put...

I have 3 turkey poults that I thought were doing very well. There seems to be 2 Toms and one hen. The toms have been developing wattles(very small) and carnucles already. They were both red, but today one has become very pale. He is acting alright other wise. I don't see signs that he has...

I have an orpington that decided to go broody, so I gave her a clutch of eggs. She started with 8 eggs, now at 14 days she is down to 2. She has not been good at keeping the eggs under her. I will check on her and periodically there is an egg totally out from under her. She has managed to...

I have raised many chicks, this is my first time for turkey. I have read they are not as hardy or smart as chicks. If I put them in a chicken tractor with a brooder area, are they smart enough to know to go into the brooder if they are chilled? They are 3 weeks old and have been inside the...